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Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars
StrathmoreFri. Jan 31 Devoted to promoting the complete story of Cuban music.
Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (part of Lunar New Year Celebration)
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 22 Grammy Award®–winning artist Tang Muhai returns to the Kennedy Center to conduct the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.
My Fair Lady
The Kennedy CenterJan. 17 – 19 From Lincoln Center Theater comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly)
Maz Jobrani
The Kennedy CenterFri. Jan 31 Iranian American comedian and actor Maz Jobrani returns to the Kennedy Center.
Becoming Jane
National GeographicThru Jun. 1 Explore Dr. Goodall’s early years through iconic images and a multiscreen experience and venture on a 3D exploration of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park where she did her famous behavioral research on chimps.
Washington Performing Arts: Kian Soltani
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 22 He joins acclaimed pianist Julio Elizalde for a program that ranges from Beethoven’s spirited fifth cello sonata to Arvo Pärt’s mesmerizing Fratres.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Folger TheatreJan. 17 – Mar. 1 Shakespeare’s delightful comedy on love, money, deception, and the power of women. Directed by Aaron Posner.
Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes
Signature TheatreFeb. 18 – Mar. 29 Firecracker play that takes the dysfunction, puts it back in the family, then gives it a hilarious - and subversive - stir.
Washington Performing Arts: Budapest Festival Orchestra
StrathmoreFri. Feb 21 Under the baton of former NSO principal conductor Iván Fischer.
The National Ballet of Canada: The Sleeping Beauty
The Kennedy CenterJan. 30 – Feb. 2 A colorful pageant danced to Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous music.
Gun & Powder
Signature TheatreJan. 28 – Feb. 23 Two light-skinned African-American women who passed themselves as White to become notorious outlaws in the Wild West.
Spotlights
Not Just Another Day Off
Folger TheatreMon. Jan 20
Washington Performing Arts: Melissa Aldana
Sixth & ISat. Feb 15
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Folger TheatreMon. Jan 27
NSO: Bronfman plays Beethoven / Holst's The Planets
The Kennedy CenterJan. 18 – 19
Washington Performing Arts: MLK Tribute Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. Jan 26
Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20
Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
Riffs and Relations: Terrance Hayes
The Phillips CollectionThu. Apr 23
National Philharmonic: Jupiter Symphony/Orli Shaham
StrathmoreJan. 18 – 19
Motherhood Redux: Camille Dungy, Tina Chang, and Beth Ann Fennelly
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Mar 11
Washington Performing Arts: Kinan Azmeh CityBand
Sixth & ISat. Feb 8
